State of Mexico Plan Oriente Investment Rises to MX$111 Billion

The federal government expanded its investment agenda for the State of Mexico to MX$111 billion, strengthening water, drainage, mobility, health, and education projects while building on the original plan for the state’s eastern municipalities.

Mexico’s federal government is investing MX$111 billion (US$6.38 billion) in infrastructure and public services across the State of Mexico, with a significant share directed toward the eastern metropolitan area under the Comprehensive Plan for the Eastern Zone, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced.

The investment covers education, healthcare, mobility, drinking water, drainage and urban infrastructure projects. Sheinbaum and the Governor of State of Mexico Delfina Gómez presented the latest progress during the president’s morning conference in Toluca on July 22, alongside federal officials responsible for infrastructure, water, health and security.

The updated figure represents a broader package of federal investment in the State of Mexico than the initial funding announced specifically for the eastern-zone plan. The original program contemplated more than 121 public works and policy actions for 10 priority municipalities, backed by an initial investment of over MX$75 billion and intended to benefit approximately 10 million residents.

The priority municipalities are Tlalnepantla, Nezahualcoyotl, Chalco, Chicoloapan, Chimalhuacan, Ecatepec, Ixtapaluca, La Paz, Texcoco ,and Valle de Chalco Solidaridad. These municipalities form one of Mexico’s most densely populated urban and industrial corridors, but have historically faced gaps in access to water, transportation, healthcare, housing, and other public services.

Water and Drainage Projects Target Longstanding Deficits

Water infrastructure remains one of the plan’s central components. The eastern municipalities have experienced recurring water shortages, deteriorated distribution systems, drainage failures and flooding, particularly during the rainy season.

As previously reported by MBN, authorities began restoring inactive wells in Ecatepec and advancing major drainage infrastructure in Chalco. The works include the Solidaridad collector and a new pumping station intended to reduce flood risks and replace infrastructure damaged by years of insufficient maintenance. Federal, state and municipal authorities have participated in the projects through agencies including the National Water Commission and the State of Mexico Water Commission.

The broader plan also includes the rehabilitation of water networks, wells and drainage systems throughout the eastern region. Under the original investment structure announced in 2025, the federal government was expected to provide 60% of the program’s resources, while the State of Mexico would contribute 30% and participating municipalities the remaining 10%.

The projects respond to the scale of the region’s infrastructure deficit. Rapid and often unplanned urbanization has expanded demand for basic services, while aging networks and limited maintenance have increased pressure on local water and drainage systems.

Mobility, Education, and Healthcare Works Advance

Mobility projects are another major part of the investment strategy. The government previously identified the Chalco-Santa Martha Elevated Trolleybus, its proposed extension toward Ixtapaluca and new Cablebus connections among the projects intended to improve access between eastern State of Mexico municipalities and Mexico City.

The program also includes the replacement of obsolete public transportation units, road rehabilitation, new bridges, street lighting and the development of Safe Pathways designed to improve pedestrian mobility and security. Each participating municipality was also expected to receive paving equipment to accelerate local road repairs.

Education infrastructure under the plan includes the construction and conversion of schools to create additional upper-secondary places, alongside new childcare and higher-education facilities. The initial program projected more than 10,000 new spaces in technological high schools and related institutions serving the eastern metropolitan area.

Healthcare investments include new and upgraded hospitals, family medicine units and specialized treatment services. Earlier plans assigned MX$12.44 billion to healthcare projects in municipalities including Chimalhuacan, Nezahualcoyotl, Ecatepec and Chicoloapan, together with additional medical units and hemodialysis facilities.

Housing actions have also included improvement grants, land-title regularization and new affordable housing. Previous government figures cited by MBN indicated plans for 71,000 Wellbeing Housing units, alongside thousands of housing-support payments and property titles for families living without full legal certainty over their homes.

Updated Investment Expands Original Plan

The MX$111 billion announced by Sheinbaum should be distinguished from the program’s original MX$75 billion allocation. The lower figure refers to the initial investment specifically structured around the Comprehensive Plan for the Eastern Zone, while the updated amount encompasses a wider portfolio of federal projects across the State of Mexico, with eastern municipalities remaining a central priority.

Gómez said coordination with the federal government had allowed the state to advance projects addressing some of its most urgent social and infrastructure needs. She highlighted the eastern-zone plan alongside health, education, mobility, and public-security initiatives aimed at improving conditions for the state’s more than 17 million residents. (Grupo Milenio)

The governor also emphasized that the program focuses on the most densely populated part of the state. The eastern metropolitan belt combines major industrial and logistics activity with high levels of urban vulnerability, making access to reliable infrastructure essential for both economic development and quality of life.

The July update shifts the plan from its initial announcement and planning phase toward the delivery and evaluation of works. The challenge will now be coordinating more than 100 interventions across federal agencies, the state government, and 10 municipal administrations while ensuring that projects remain adequately funded and are completed according to schedule.

For the federal government, the plan is also a test of its broader regional-development approach: combining large transportation and infrastructure investments with education, health, housing, security, and social programs in areas where urban growth has historically outpaced public-service provision.